BOKARO: In the last financial year, Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL) exported over 3 lakh tonne steel to various countries, including China, the PSU said on Sunday.
“In March, BSL forayed into European market by exporting 12,436 tonne CI certification marked steel for the first time. BSL also inked an agreement with the National Highways Authority of India to supply fly ash for the latter’s road construction projects. Over 1.70 lakh cubic metre fly ash has been supplied already,” Manikant Dhan, BSL’s chief of communications, said.
A Steel Authority of India Limited subsidiary, BSL achieved its record cash collection of Rs 2,858 crore in March. In 2020-21, BSL registered a growth of 2.6% in production of HR Plate and HR Sheet as compared to 2019-20 and a 1.5% increase in the production of CR Saleable from CRM-3. Fiscal 2020-21 also proved to be a good year in terms of performance in dispatch and techno-economic indices.
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RANCHI: Nearly 1,000 passengers, who are arriving by trains from high-burden states to Ranchi and Hatia railway stations, will be screened for Covid-19 from Tuesday onwards.
A decision in this regard was taken by top officials of the Ranchi district administration during a meeting with their counterparts of the Ranchi railway division at the latter’s headquarters at Hatia.
Talking to TOI, Bundu sub-divisional officer Utkarsh Gupta said, “We decided to increase the number of daily tests at Ranchi and Hatia railway stations. We are targeting to test 500 passengers at each station daily.”
At present, testing at both these stations is voluntary. However, the state health department, in a recent order, had asked the Ranchi administration to test all passengers arriving at these stations from outside the state.
Bokaro: Restaurants and prominent eateries of the town, which were gradually overcoming the financial losses incurred due to the Covid-19-induced lockdown last year, are staring at tough times once again after cases started rising here. Till Sunday morning, the district had 120 active cases.
With the usual hustle and bustle slowly fading away and denizens giving dining out a slip in fear of contracting the virus, the restaurants are witnessing a sharp decline in sales.
Vikram Shanan, owner of Zaika resort and chain of restaurants in the town, said, “Due to the second wave, the footfall in our restaurants have dropped to 50%. People have switched to home delivery orders. A sharp decline in sales was seen in the last four-five days.”
Ranchi: Amid the surge in new Covid-19 cases in the state capital and across Jharkhand, the health department on Sunday asked the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) management to prepare 250 Covid-designated beds by Wednesday while the city airport has appealed to the passengers to reach the airport three hours before their flight departures to avoid rushes and follow safety protocols.
On Sunday, health secretary Kamal Kishore Soan chaired a meeting attended by Rims director Kameshwar Prasad, the institute’s critical care head Dr Pradeep Bhattacharya and other senior officials of the state health mission. During the meeting, Soan asked the Rims authorities to get the beds ready.